Stool.



No. 78,483. Patented Nov. ll, I902.

W. F. MCNARY & F. P. WILEY.

STOOL.

(Application filed Feb. 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NVILLIAM F. MGNARY AND FRANK P. WILEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STOOL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 713,483, dated November11, 1902.

Application filed February 24, 1902. Serial No. 95,216. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM F. MONARY and FRANK P. WILEY, of the cityof St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stools, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to stools; and it consists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed. 7

Our object is to construct a stool especially for the use of motormenand for similar purposes; and our invention consists of foursupporting-legs, a seat connecting the upper ends of thesupporting-legs, a bottom connecting the lower ends of thesupporting-legs, suitable walls connecting the supporting-legs and Iinclosing the legs and bottom to form a box, a door providing access tothe box, and folding foot-rests connected to the supportinglegs.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stool embodying our invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 lookingin the direction indicated by the arrow, parts being broken away toeconomize space. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional detail on the lines 33 of Figs. 1 and 2 and looking downwardly.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the supporting-legs 5 are connectedat the top by the seat 6 and near their lower ends by the bottom 7. Thewalls 8 inolose the legs and bottom as required to form a box, and thedoor 9 provides access to the box. A folding foot-rest 10 is providedfor each of the four sides of the stool, said foot-rests beingconstructed as shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. Each footrest consistsof a bar having arms 11 extending from its ends through openings 12,formed in the supporting-legs 5, and weighted heads 13 upon the innerends of the arms to prevent said arms from being withdrawn from saidopenings 12 and to counterbalance the weight of the bars 10, as requiredto hold the footrest in its folded position, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2. The arms 11 of one foot-rest cross the arms 11 of the adjacentfoot-rest, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

As before suggested, the stool is especially designed for the use ofmotormen in operating street-cars and for similar purposes. The boxprovides a convenient place for carrying the motormans tools and otherarticles. The stool is compact and portable to the highest degree, andthe folding foot-rests are convenient for use and are entirely out ofthe way when their use is not desired.

The openings 12, formed through the supporting-legs, are inclineddownwardly from the outer faces of the legs and are considerably largerthan the arms 11, so that said arms will slide freelyin said openings.When the foot-rest is in use, the arms 11 occupy a horizontal position,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and when the foot-rest is folded the arms 11are inclined downwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the weights13 overbalancing the foot-rest and holding it against the wall 8.

In a stool, suitable supporting-legs having transverse openings, afoot-rest, arms extending from the foot-rest and slidingly mounted insaid openings, and weighted heads upon the inner ends of said arms tocounterbalance the foot-rest and to hold the arms from being withdrawnfrom the openings, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM F. MONARY. FRANK P. WILEY. Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, JOHN C. HIGDON.

